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So well that I can live without —

So well that I can live without —
I love thee — then How well is that?
As well as Jesus? …

Emily Dickinson
Softened by Time's consummate plush,

Softened by Time's consummate plush,
How sleek the woe appears
That threatened childhood's citadel …

Emily Dickinson
Solitude (Pope)

Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air …

Alexander Pope
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church —

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church —
I keep it, staying at Home —
With a Bobolink for a Chorister — …

Emily Dickinson
Some people admire the work of a Fool

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Some people admire the work of a Fool
For its sure to keep your judgment cool …

William Blake
Some say goodnight — at night —

Some say goodnight — at night —
I say goodnight by day —
Good-bye — the Going utter me — …

Emily Dickinson
Some such Butterfly be seen

Some such Butterfly be seen
On Brazilian Pampas —
Just at noon — no later — Sweet — …
Some things that fly there be —

Some things that fly there be —
Birds — Hours — the Bumblebee —
Of these no Elegy. …

Emily Dickinson
Some we see no more, Tenements of Wonder

Some we see no more, Tenements of Wonder
Occupy to us though perhaps to them
Simpler are the Days than the Supposition …
Some Wretched creature, savior take

Some Wretched creature, savior take
Who would exult to die
And leave for thy sweet mercy's sake …
Some, too fragile for winter winds

Some, too fragile for winter winds
The thoughtful grave encloses —
Tenderly tucking them in from frost …

Emily Dickinson
Somehow myself survived the Night

Somehow myself survived the Night
And entered with the Day —
That it be saved the Saved suffice …
Somewhat, to hope for,

Somewhat, to hope for,
Be it ne'er so far
Is Capital against Despair — …
Somewhere upon the general Earth

Somewhere upon the general Earth
Itself exist Today —
The Magic passive but extant …
Song of the Desert

Beneath the cloud-topp’d mountain,
Beside the craggy bluff,
Where every dint of nature …

Eliza Roxcy Snow
Song of the Future

'Tis strange that in a land so strong
So strong and bold in mighty youth,
We have no poet's voice of truth …

Sidney Lanier
Songs of Experience/Introduction

Introduction.
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees …

William Blake
Sonnet (Botta)

Oh! in that better land to which I go,
Say, shall I know thee as I know thee here;
And will thy presence dim that glorious sphere, …

Anne Lynch Botta
Sonnet II (Botta)

Oh thou who once on earth, beneath the weight
Of our mortality didst live and move,
The incarnation of profoundest love; …

Anne Lynch Botta
Sonnet to ----- (Botta)

Ah no! my love knows no vain jealousy:
The rose that blooms and lives but in the sun,
Asks not what other flowers he shines upon, …

Anne Lynch Botta